<\/p>\n
From those few drops of sperm<\/p>\n
and that two bodied squirm<\/p>\n
From that high rise of flesh<\/p>\n
and lust that septic worm,<\/p>\n
To the slow rot of metamorphosing skin<\/p>\n
and the dull burn of past sin<\/p>\n
To this erect man, a rising sun<\/p>\n
and the sapient vision held within.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Always, always,<\/p>\n
chains will bind us in our cells.<\/p>\n
Biology has us in her strong hands,<\/p>\n
giant test tubes shaking up<\/p>\n
the virile mix of this steady universe<\/p>\n
as we father,<\/p>\n
try to climb above her double helix<\/p>\n
into the soft arms of a mother<\/p>\n
we know not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From those few drops of sperm and that two bodied squirm From that high rise of flesh and lust that septic worm, To the slow rot of metamorphosing skin and the dull burn of past sin To this erect man, a rising sun and the sapient vision held within. Always, always, chains will … Continue reading Father<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}